Email Tool: sent an email with a public smtp server

Hey!

I want to sent an email with the Email Tool. I have any private smtp-server installed. So I want to use a public smtp-server like smtp.mail.yahoo.com or so.

But I get always error messages

For example::

Error: Email (1): Record#1: Unable to send email: "Error with FROM: 530 5.7.1 Authentication required (smtp.mail.yahoo.com)

Email (1) Record#1: Unable to send email: "Error with FROM: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. bg10sm31815348wjb.46 - gsmtp (smtp.gmail.com)

But the is no input option for the necessary authentfcation, conection security and so on..

How can I find such input option in Alteryx Designer?

Mathias

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mathias_schnoor

Hey,

I have found the feature.

I is not possible to send an mail to an address like myname@prefrix-postfix.de

The corrupt character is the - (hyphen) in the to-Field.

I have still send mail to such an mail-address. So I get no change to guess the feature.

Because the error message was still: Error: Email (1): Record#1: Unable to send email: SMTP Failure.

But now Man Wink

Please Alteryx fix this feature.

Mathias

mathias_schnoor

Hey!

The problem seams to be only local.

So it is not a bug or feature in Alteryx.

Mathias

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Aguisande

Hi Mathias,

Have you tried using the Autodetect SMTP option in the eMail Tool?

I never used a Yahoo account, but I've been using it without problems with Gmail and my corporate accounts.

I'll be getting a Yaho account to try your configuration and let you know.

Aguisande

Just got my Yahoo account. Did the testing with Autodetect SMTP, and my brand new yahoo account. Worked fine, but... Apparently, Yahoo is very restrictive in terms of "massive" mailings and relaying (They blocked my account after 5 emails).